The PGA Tour heads east for this week’s Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida.

The Champion course at PGA National is one of the most respected venues on the calendar.

Sand is in abundance over the Tom Fazio-designed, and Jack Nicklaus-updated, layout which will test every club in the bag.

The Europeans are out in force, all hoping to find some solid form ahead of the Masters in seven weeks’ time.

And with much of America’s top talent taking a breather, following a solid run on the west coast during January and February, it would be surprising if there were no Europeans contending for the title come Sunday evening.

Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler are the highest-ranked home players teeing-up, both of whom posted top-10s last year.

However, possessing a good course history does not appear to be a vital ingredient when it comes to lifting the trophy over the Champion course.

Only three of its 10 winners have posted at least one other top-10 finish at PGA National during their career to date.

Therefore, current form may be more important than course pedigree when trying to select this week’s champion.

With this strange statistic in mind, Branden Grace could fit the bill. His form of late has been reasonable while in two visits to the Honda is yet to finish inside the top-60!

Zach Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen are similar to Grace, when comparing course and current form, while Luke Donald has shown signs of improvement in recent weeks and could be a decent each-way selection.

The Englishman does, however, have a sound course record which, judging by recent trends, could count against him with regards to emerging victorious in Florida this Sunday.

The remarkably consistent Charles Howell may fancy his chances having posted top-20 finishes in his last seven starts on the PGA Tour.

You can read our full Honda Classic 2017 Betting Preview from our resident tipster The Punter behind the link.